Draft changes players' lives

11:47 PM,
Jun. 27, 2013

NBA Commissioner David Stern, left, shakes hands with Indiana's Victor Oladipo, who was selected second overall by the Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Nicole Auerbach
| USA TODAY Sports

Anthony Bennett said he hasn't been sleeping well, and he's not the only one.

Most of the lottery picks admitted to nerves on the eve of the NBA draft and even in the minutes leading up to its start.

But in that split second - or painfully slow-motion second, depending on who's listening - when each heard his name called by NBA commissioner David Stern, all of that changed. Away went the uncertainty, and, in its place, clarity. ...